Case in point: workers at a VW plant rejected unionization in 2014 despite the company all but supporting it: > Volkswagen did not oppose the U.A.W. partly bec

Case in point: workers at a VW plant rejected unionization in 2014 despite the company all but supporting it: > Volkswagen did not oppose the U.A.W. partly because its officials were eager to create a German-style works council, a committee of managers and blue-collar and white-collar workers who develop factory policies, on issues like work schedules and vacations. Volkswagen, which has unions and works councils at virtually all of its 105 other plants worldwide, views such councils as crucial for improving morale and cooperation and increasing productivity. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/business/volkswagen-workers-reject-forming-a-union.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/business/volkswagen-worke... The campaign against unionization was largely driven by local politicians spreading F.U.D., which was relatively easy given widespread anti-union sentiments in the South and general union skepticism among the general U.S. population.